2005 Nissan Xterra

FIRST PROBLEM - WHEN I HAD 53,000 MI ON IT, IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, IT STARTED CUTTING OUT AND WOULDN'T ACCELERATE AT ALL, HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALER TO FIND OUT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD. THEY SAID THAT HE RADIATOR LEAKED, FLOODING MY TRANSMISSION WITH COOLANT AND RUINED MY TRANSMISSION. THEY REFUSED TO HONOR THE WARRANTY STATING THAT "THE TRANMISSION DID NOT FAIL - THE RADIATOR DID (WHICH WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY) THEREFORE THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT COVERED". I HAD TO LET THEM REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION 3 TIMES - IT COST ME $1,400 OUT OF POCKET - NOW HERE I AM 30,000 MILES LATER AND MY REVERSE WILL NOT WORK AT ALL, MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACED. SO I HAD PAID 1,400 JUST TO BUY MYSELF AN YEAR & A HALF AND NOW I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. 2ND PROBLEM - I HAVE THE FUEL GAUGE/SENSOR PROBLEM, ALSO. I FILLED UP ONE DAY, GOT IN MY CAR AND GAUGE READ EMPTY & CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. I HAD A RIP-OFF MECHANIC CHARGE ME $170 TO REPLACE THE SENSOR - NOTHING EVER CHANGED, GAUGE IS STILL BROKE AND LIGHT IS STILL ON. NISSAN IS SO WRONG FOR NOT HANDLING THEIR PROBLEMS, CONSUMERS DESERVE TO BE TREATED FAIRLY. THERE SHOULD BE A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST THEM - JUST READ THESE COMPLAINT BOARDS. SOMEHOW I HAVE BOTH OF THE MOST COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THESE VEHICLES.

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA 4X4 OFF-ROAD SUV (VIN#[XXX]), AROUND 50,300MI. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON NOV. 5, 2010 AROUND 11PM. MY XTERRA STARTED TO STALL ON THE FREEWAY AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY WHERE THE ENGINE DIED. I TRIED RE-STARTING IT AND THE ENGINE RAN ROUGH, SO I TURNED IT OFF. I TRIED RE-STARTING IT AFTER 30 SECONDS THIS TIME THE ENGINE RAN SMOOTH, WAITED FOR A MINUTE AND THEN STARTED DRIVING BACK ONTO THE FREEWAY HEADING HOME. ABOUT A MILE LATER THE ENGINE STARTED TO STALL AGAIN AND I HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD RIGHT AWAY ALMOST NEARLY HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE MY ENGINE HAD NO POWER TO SPEED UP BECAUSE IT WAS DYING. LUCKILY NO ACCIDENT, JUST A NEAR MISS. I WAS ABLE TO RE-START MY XTERRA AGAIN AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME SAFELY. I HAD TO TOW MY XTERRA TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP. FROM THEIR DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE REP TOLD ME THAT I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE MY IPDM. HE WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF THIS PART WOULD FALL UNDER MY POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. HE CALLED ME BACK LATER AND TOLD ME IT WOULD COST $550 TO REPLACE IT. I ASKED WHAT ABOUT MY POWERTRAIN WARRANTY, HE TOLD ME HE HAVE TO GET BACK TO ME BECAUSE THE WARRANTY SPECIALISTS WAS SICK. JUST MY LUCK. I WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL MONDAY TO SEE IF I WAS COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. THEY DIDN'T EVEN OFFER ME A LOANER CAR OVER THE WEEKEND. I INFORMED HIM ABOUT THE RECALL ON THE IPDM NISSAN PUT OUT ON OCT. 28, 2010. THE SERVICE REP SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE IPDM. GO FIGURE! I'M GOING TO BRING HIM A COPY OF THE RECALL NOTICE FROM YOUR WEBSITE. AS OF RIGHT NOW NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO MY CAR. VERY UNSATISFIED CUSTOMER INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NISSAN XTERRA ENGINE STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY ABRUPTLY TWO TIMES ON OCT 27TH 2010. CAR TOWED TO DEALER FOR REPAIR ON OCT 28TH, 2010. COMPLETE INTELLIGENT POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE REPLACED AFTER A 10 DAY LONG WAIT WITH NO FEEDBACK FROM DEALER OR MANUFACTURER ABOUT RECALL OF THIS PART. MANUFACTURER NOT RETURNING CALLS TO CONSUMER REGARDING COVERING COMPLETE COST OF SERVICES IN SPITE OF THE CONDITION CLEARLY BEING A RECALL ISSUE (CAMPAIGN ID 10V517000). *TR

PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED BY NISSAN SERVICE TECH: XTERRA WAS TOWED TO US WITH THE CONCERN "MY XTERRA IS SLIPPING, WILL NOT GO BACKWARDS, WILL NOT DRIVE IN DRIVE, ONLY DRIVE IN 3RD, HOOKED UP TO COMPUTER AND CAME UP P1716". WE CONFIRMED THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE IN REVERSE, AS IT WAS TOWED IN AND PARKED SO THAT BACKING UP WAS THE ONLY OPTION. THE CODE P1716 IS RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION TURBINE CIRCUIT NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. UPON FURTHER DIAGNOSIS, WE REMOVED THE RADIATOR CAP TO FIND THE RADIATOR FILLED WITH THE MILKY COMBINATION OF COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE RADIATOR IS A SUB-LEVEL RADIATOR, WHERE THE TOP PORTION IS FOR COOLANT AND THE BOTTOM PORTION IS FOR COOLING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE RADIATOR CRACKED INTERNALLY CAUSING THE FLUIDS TO MIX. THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEED TO BE REPLACED TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEMS. NEW TRANSMISSION IS $3215.71 WITH THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE OF TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. THE NEW RADIATOR IS $538, CURRENTLY IN STOCK. THE LABOR ESTIMATE IS $1442.70. THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION OF WORK IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, WITH ESTIMATED TOTAL BILL COMING TO $5560.16 TAX INCLUDED. *TR

2005 NISSAN XTERRA HAS A PART WHICH ALLOWS THE TRANSMISSION FLUID TO PASS THROUGH AND BE COOLED IN THE RADIATOR. THIS PART BREAKS, ALLOWING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND RADIATOR COOLANT TO MIX. THIS RUINS YOUR RADIATOR, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT BURNS UP YOUR TRANSMISSION, BECAUSE THE COOLANT RELEASED INTO THE TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE BUSTED LINE DOES NOT HAVE THE CONSTANCY TO LUBRICATE THE TRANSMISSION PARTS PROPERLY. OVER A VERY SHORT PERIOD YOUR TRANSMISSION IS RUINED. THIS LEADS TO SLIPPING, SHIFTING LATE, AND CAN LEAD TO THE CAR NOT TAKING OFF AT THE ANTICIPATED SPEED FROM A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT, POSSIBLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, BECAUSE OF BEING STRANDED IN THE INTERSECTION. OTHER SYMPTOMS CAN BE TEMPERATURE GAUGE READING HOT WHEN STOPPED, A/C BLOWING WARM WHEN STOPPED. I KNOW THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. BY SIMPLY DOING A GOOGLE SEARCH FOR "2005 NISSAN XTERRA RADIATOR TRANSMISSION". THE TOP RESULTS CONTAIN LINKS WITH TITLES SUCH AS "2005 NISSAN XTERRA FAULTY RADIATOR DESTROYS TRANSMISSION" AND "2005 NISSAN XTERRA RADIATOR CAUSES TRANSMISSION FAILURE". I KNOW THERE ARE OTHERS (MANY) OUT THERE. WE NEED TO ORGANIZE AND GET RESULTS FOR THIS ISSUE. MY MILEAGE MAY BE RELATIVELY HIGH, BUT MANY OTHERS WERE IN THE 50,000 MILE RANGE WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. I HAVE ALREADY SPENT $500+ ON THIS ISSUE. NOW THAT I HAVE TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION, IT COULD BE $5,000! HELP! *TR

2005 NISSAN XTERRA WITH 69000 MILES BEGAN SHUTTERING EVERY NOW AND AGAIN WHEN DRIVING AROUND TOWN. IT STARTED GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE DURING THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE TIRE BALANCE AND HAD IT CHECKED. BALANCED THE TIRES, THE SHUTTERING WAS STILL THERE AND BEGAN TO GET WORSE WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS I.E. 60MPH. THE REAR END WOULD SHUTTER VERY HARD TO THE POINT WHERE WE COULDN'T DRIVE IT ANY LONGER. TAKING IT TO THE SHOP REVEALED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD RADIATOR FLUID IN IT WHICH WAS CAUSED BY CRACKED RADIATOR LINES LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE FLUID WAS INTO ALL THE TRANSMISSION GEARS. COME TO FIND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH NISSANS AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET AROUND THIS PROBLEM IS TO PLACE AN EXTERNAL COOLER TO THE TRANSMISSION. SINCE THE 5YR/60K POWER TRAIN WARRANTY RAN OUT, NISSAN HAS NO INTEREST IN ASSISTING A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM OF THEIRS. THERE COMPLAINT DEPT TAKES THE INFO AND PLACES IT INTO A DATABASE. WELL THE DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE TO THE TRANSMISSION AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AND AN EXTERNAL COOLER WAS INSTALLED WHICH WE HAD TO GO OUT OF POCKET ON ($4100.00). *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE TRANSMISSION HAD VIBRATION INTERMITTENTLY. TRANSMISSION FINALLY WENT OUT DUE TO A FAULTY RADIATOR. THIS VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH TWO COOLERS ONE AIR AND ONE WATER COOLED. I HAVE READ OF MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THIS. NISSAN KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM AND SHOULD RECALL IT. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED FROM PAT PECK NISSAN WITH A WARRANTY. AT 6MOS I RECEIVED A LETTER THAT THE WARRANTY WAS NOT VALID ON THIS VEHICLE AND THEY REIMBURSED THE COST OF THE WARRANTY. I FEEL THAT THEY KNEW THIS WAS A PROBLEM. *TR

1. VIBRATIONS COMING FROM REAR OF CAR AT 35 MPH. VIBRATION GET WORST WHEN ACCELERATING TO 40 MPH, SHIFTS HARD,RPM'S INCREASE THEN DECREASE(JUMPS ALL OVER THE PLACE). OCCURS ALL THE TIME. FAULTY LINES BETWEEN COOLANT SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION. COOLANT MIXED WITH TRANNY FLUID. REPLACED, RADIATOR,FLUSHED ENGINE, FLUSHED TRANNY 2 TIMES. INSTALLED EXTERNAL TRANSMISSION COOLER AND BYPASSED RADIATOR, SO THIS WONT HAPPEN AGAIN, MY HAVE TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION IN FUTURE BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE DONE TO IT BY THE COOLANT MIXING WITH TRANNY FLUID. OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE $1463.12 PARTS AND LABOR AT A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH NISSAN 4X4 VEHICLES. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. AND IF MY TRANSMISSION GOES I FEEL THAT NISSAN SHOULD REPLACE IT FREE OF CHARGE. *TR